LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of yet to be identified persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fire incident that occurred at Fat Noble filling station opposite Torikoh, Badagry area of Lagos State. NAN report that the incident happened at about 1 am on Wednesday while some residents in the area were dispensing petrol in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead. A family source said on Wednesday that Akeredolu died in Lagos. Sources revealed that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad. “Akeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos,” the source said. “They were…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine Nigerian stowaways who attempted to travel to Europe through The Gambia have been received by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The stowaways, who are between the ages of 21 and 30, were discovered by the captain of the ship they were hiding…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of a middle-aged woman has been recovered from a two-storey building with a penthouse that collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos. This comes shortly after the remains of man were recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building. The building located along Herbert Macaulay Way in Ebute Metta…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued 3 commercial bus passengers involved in a serious accident at Anthony – Oke inward Oshodi, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of (LASTMA) Mr Adebayo Taofiq, in a press statement confirmed that the three (3) passengers (2 females &…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Anambra State have arrested a couple for trafficking a one month old baby into Anambra State from Lagos. The couple confessed to buying the child for N30,000, after they were arrested at Bridgehead Onitsha, while travelling into Anambra from Lagos, after a tip-off by a fellow passenger. In a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A reckless driver of a Rapid Bus Transit (BRT) bus has crushed three police officers to death in Lagos. The three officers, News Express learnt, were on duty mid-week in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos Mainland when the BRT driver deliberately drove into them, killing them instantly and escaping from the scene….
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service says it has commenced a comprehensive probe of the officer caught in a viral video requesting a N5,000 bribe at New Terminal, within the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. In a statement reacting to the incident, Abdullahi Maiwad, the National Public Relations Officer of…